<p>I took the Accuplacer for math in Adv. Algebra II the other day, and I did horribly. According to my local and community colleges, I would have had to take a remedial math course.</p>
<p>Is this an accurate portrayal of my (lack of) math skills?</p>
<p>i did accuplacer before i registered my classes in my first semester in comm. college.. its a test that can show your level of ability in math and english.
i dont know about remedial math course.
i did pretty good. the test was about general things from many math topics.
i took statistic class in my first semester and now im taking calc.II</p>
<p>You are not alone. The Massachusetts government website describes a curriculum realignment based on too few high school graduates being measured as needing remedial classes before beginning college/cc classes as measured by Accuplacer. YES - Mass is writing Accuplacer as the official measure of goodness of high school curriculum. Talk about handing power to College Board!!!</p>
<p>Apparently a huge percentage of Mass public school graduates are not passing the Accuplacer test, particularly in mathematics. And a huge percentage of college loans and state scholarships are being spent on curriculum that should have been covered in High School. It is a fiscal thing. Taxpayers are paying for education twice: once inpublic high school, and then again through remedial classes at colleges. </p>
<p>As an example, local public school valedictorian approached the town librarian to help her write her speech. The librarian was floored when she discovered that the valedictorian could not string a grammatical coherent paragraph together — and the the valedictorian had no idea just how bad it was.</p>